School of Scottish Studies to put spotlight on performers
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Saturday saw the Scottish folk scene don its glad rags and converge on Aberdeen Music Hall for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards ceremony. Always an exuberant event, it showcases how traditional and related music has developed a profile which would have been unheard of 30 years ago. The allied traditional arts of dance and storytelling have tended not, however, to enjoy such wide exposure. But now Edinburgh University’s Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies, home to the renowned School of Scottish Studies Archives, has launched a ground-breaking MSc programme in Traditional Arts Performance which, for the first time, will combine music with dance and storytelling.